List of highways in Western Australia

This article is about highways in Western Australia separate from road routes that may make up the highways, and have been numbered separately as such. For highways as in the routes instead, see List of road routes in Western Australia.

General highways map of Western Australia
South Western Australia roads in detail

Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads, common in rural areas, to controlled access, grade separated freeways in Perth.

In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930.[1] Section 14 of the act allows for the creation of new highways.[1] Main Roads assigns each highway a name and number, which may vary from the official road names used on road signs and by the general public.[2] The highway number does not correspond to a road route that may be allocated to the highway, and some highways are not part of a numbered route.[2]

  1. ^ a b "MAIN ROADS ACT 1930". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Metropolitan Road Fact Sheet". Main Roads Western Australia. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.